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Creative Inquiry Summer Experience (CISE) Showcase
The CISE Showcase is the capstone experience of Tech’s CISE program. On Tuesday, Aug. 23, and Thursday, Aug. 25, 35 undergraduate students from 13 different departments will present their findings from their summer research and creative work experiences. Please join these students and their faculty mentors in LSC 1211 from 11 AM to noon each day. The CISE Showcase and the CISE program are sponsored by Tech’s Quality Enhancement Program. Contact Lenly Weathers (lweathers@tntech.edu) for more details.
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Tennessee Tech Flute Choir performs at the National Flute Convention in Chicago
The Tennessee Tech Flute Choir, directed by Dr. Mary Matthews, was invited to perform at the 50th Anniversary convention of the National Flute Association this past week. The ensemble performed on Friday, August 12 at the Hilton Downtown Convention Center in Chicago, IL. Current flute studio members were joined by flute studio alumni from 2020, 2021, and 2022 to perform works by Nicole Chamberlain, Gary Schocker, Sonny Burnette, and Crawford Gates. In addition, junior Flute Performance major Lucas Schaefer was selected by audition to perform with the All-Collegiate Flute Choir at the convention on Sunday, August 14. Performers included Rachael Lawson, Calista Richlen, Joanna Humberd, Autum Winston, Mackenzie Hargis, Kent Mathis, Lily Summey, Lucas Schaefer, Callie Brooks, Lelia Mollohan, Ryleigh Templeton, Isa Yelamo-Cockcroft, Bethany Brock, and Angie Ascencio.
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Annual Onsite Wellness Screening on 9/21/2022
The ParTNers for Health Wellness Program is a voluntary wellness program available to all state and higher education employees and spouses enrolled in health coverage. Each participant will be able to earn up to $500/year ($250/year for the eligible member and $250/year for eligible spouses). If you want to earn the cash incentive for completing a biometric screening you can attend our onsite screening.
For returning users: Log in to your Quest Diagnostics account to schedule your wellness screening.
For New Users: Visit our ParTNers for health website with instruction on how to enroll at https://www.tn.gov/partnersforhealth/other-benefits/wellness-program.html , Registration Key: SOT
For more information please contact our Office of Human Resources at 931-372-3713 or email us your question at ttubenefits@tntech.edu.
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Tobacco quit aids available to all health plan members
The state’s prescription drug coverage provides free tobacco quit aids to members who want to stop using tobacco products.
The following quit aids are FREE under the pharmacy benefit:• Chantix and its generic, Varenicline
• Bupropion (generic Zyban)
• Over-the-counter generic nicotine replacement products, including gum, patches and lozenges
• Nicotrol oral and nasal inhalersMembers may receive up to two, 12-week courses of treatment per calendar year (up to 168 days of treatment) with no lifetime maximum.
For members to obtain over-the-counter products at no cost, a prescription from their doctor is required.
Quit aid prescriptions for 30-day supplies can be filled at participating network pharmacies, while 90-day supplies can be obtained at participating 90-day retail pharmacies or through Caremark mail order.To find a pharmacy near you, call Caremark at 877.522.8679 or log on to info.caremark.com/stateoftn.
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Tennessee Tech Minecraft Server
Join the Tennessee Tech Minecraft Server!
We are a group of Tech students joined under a common interest of playing Minecraft. The server IP is ttumc.tech, but the server is whitelisted so you need to join our Discord at discord.ttumc.tech
The server runs on a plugin that is coded by Tech students and the server supports both Bedrock and Java Edition cross-play. The game mode is survival multiplayer or SMP and we do not allow griefing or theft. Feel free to join the Discord or email me at jtjones49@tntech.edu to get whitelisted and play on the server with other Tech Students.
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Cognitive Load Workshop
Join the Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning on August 23rd at 11 AM for our next workshop on Cognitive Load. Cognitive load relates to the amount of information that working memory can hold at one time. Instruction methods should avoid overwhelming students’ mental capacities and focus more on retention practices. In this session, we will discuss memory, retrieval, and overload. Register below and contact the CITL with any questions at citl@tntech.edu.
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Avant-Garde
Bonjour tout le monde! I hope that you all had a good summer! Do you have a passion in learning French? Do you want to enjoy the French language and culture without the stress of a class? Well then Avant-Garde is for you, and anyone is welcome to join! Our first meeting will be on August 23rd, during Dead Hour and the meeting will be held in OKLY 219. During this meeting, we will be electing officers for the 2022-2023 academic year and will be discussing what we will do as a group during the Fall! A bientôt!
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Parking & Transportation Extended Office Hours
Parking & Transportation will be open for extended hours on the following dates:
Wednesday, August 17 – 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Thursday, August 18 – 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.We will resume regular business hours (8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.) on Friday, August 19.
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Business Office Extended Hours August 16 – 18
The Business Office windows will be open for extended hours on August 16-18. Cashiering and Accounts Receivable will be open from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on these days. Please note, Eagle Pay will be unavailable on August 17 from 6:00 p.m. to approximately 8 p.m. CST.
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Multicultural Affairs Welcome Back
The Office of Multicultural Affairs annual Welcome Back is Tuesday, August 16th, 2022 at 11:am – 1:30pm in the Tech pride Room (101) in the Roaden University Center. Some student groups will also be on Centennial Plaza (North-West side weather permitting) to greet you. All are welcome to join in the fun, bring friends, and gather information on what organizations are doing, events they are planning and sign up. See you there!
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Office of Sponsored Programs hosting open forums for Director candidates
The Office of Sponsored Programs will be hosting open forums for the candidates for Director of Sponsored Programs next week. We hope you will join us and share any questions you may have. The sessions will be in the Provost’s Conference Room from 1:45 to 2:30 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 16, for Sharon Smith. The forum for Neal Hunt will be from 1:45 to 2:30 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 18. We would truly like your feedback on the candidates. Michael Aikens is chairing the search for this position. Please send your comments to him (maikens@tntech.edu). We have a number of other searches that are ongoing and we will be posting updates here on hiring and other candidates coming to campus. Please feel free to contact Jennifer Taylor (JenniferTaylor@TnTech.edu) if you have any questions. For those of you who need support from OSP currently, please direct all pre-award questions/requests for support to Mark Lynam (mdlynam@tntech.edu) and post-award questions to Jill Debord (adebord@tntech.edu).
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CITL Bookings Fall 2022
The Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning Team will be available to assist you with any just-in-time preparation for the start of the semester. You can book an appointment with a member of our team using the link below, email our office at CITL@tntech.edu, or call us at 931-372-3675.
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You’re Invited to Week of Welcome 2022
Wings Up, Golden Eagles! We are excited to welcome all new and returning students to campus and kick off the fall semester with Week of Welcome 2022 (Aug. 12-18)!
For a full event listing, please visit www.tntech.edu/weekofwelcome. We can’t wait to see you there!
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State Audit Investigations
Occasionally, the State Comptroller’s Office Division of Investigations performs investigations on campus.
For guidance on handling inquiries from the Division of Investigations, please go to Internal Audit’s website at https://www.tntech.edu/internalaudit and select State Audit Investigations.
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Office of Sustainability Spring-Summer Newsletter
The Office of Sustainability has been doing some pretty fun things throughout the Spring semester as well as the Summer! Read our newsletter on our website to hear all about it!